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more about #yuppies more comments → OMG! Ponies!: Look, I'm not an elitist or a classist by any stretch of the imagination but can you honestly say that something as blue-collar as a garage for garbag... more » Tiger Lourdes: Zombie Hunter: Whatever the Silver Fox is for I'm supportive. #trendwatch more » friendslikeJimRome: I love it when someone says, "We're no NIMBYs." You know the next statement is going to either be a lie or some convoluted logic. #trendwatch more » Mike Jahn: Pre-gentrification, my son used to brag about having an apartment in the Meatmarket District. Now he just says "Village." #trendwatch more » City_Dater: So make them (or rather, their "people") carry their own garbage to a secure location far away where garbage trucks are sequestered to protect Rich Pe... more » StuckInThe215: I just want to point out that they are not against having garbage trucks stored there, they are against the ugliness of the city's design. They even ... more » Megan Brady: I live in Louisville - fairly close to Butchertown - and if you don't like the smell of the meat packing plant, and the noise of the trucks, and the s... more » DennyCrane: You mean the area that already has a Department of Sanitation facility on Canal and Washington, the Fed Ex World Service Center on Leroy and Greenwich... more » hamburgerhotdog: Ah Tribeca! Where the hellmouth known as the Holland Tunnel dumps slow moving traffic spewing exhaust, night and day honking. How dare they park a tru... more » pollyannacowgirl: How does a "performance artist" afford to live in Hudson Square, anyway? #trendwatch more » misslinda: Bah, this is nothing. Gimme a call when someone applies for a liquor license within the East Village's "resolution zone," then I'll show you some real... more » boobookitt: OK - last thing before my brain explodes - why don't these people fucking move to Rockland or Westchester? It's a city here. CITY. Asses. #trendwatch more » Dickdogfood: The "wonderful halo of long-gone industrial grit," eh? Yeah. The only people who love grit for its own sake are, for all intents and purposes, tourist... more » MisterMustard: They should've used a picture of the GB 9/12 rally to make the rally look more imposing. #trendwatch more » Go Like Hell Machine: I suppose the city could raise garbage rates in the neighborhood to cover the cost of having to find a presumably further and/or less convenient locat... more » -
#urbananthropology
The New NIMBYs
Here is how cities work: Seedy neighborhood+Gentrification= Only a faint romantic halo of former seediness, which is used for real estate marketing purposes. Any attempt at neighborhood reversion to pre-gentrification standards will be terminated with extreme affluence. More » -
#science
Dudes With Fancy Water Bottles Have the Hardest Penii
Hippie yupsters have always been like, "I don't use plastic water bottles cause their chemicals cause cancer," or whatever, and we just laugh at them, but it turns out those people are the ones with the best erections. More » -
#therich
Yuppies' Magical Wussie-Rescue Beacons Starting To Piss Off Rescue Authorities
De-evolution is no more evident than in how natural selection is beginning to suck at its job. Perfect example: rich "nature" types looking to escape urban gridlock are using Get-Out-Of-Danger-Free devices to page rescue authorities to remote locations. Pansies! More » -
#shutupbrooklyn
The New York Times' on The Ultimate Brooklyn Cliches: Banned from the Co-op
The New York Times ran a piece in this weekend's Metropolitan containing every awesome, incredibly true cliche about BoBo Brooklyn. It will stand as a definitive document of Our Era in Kings. It's about someone getting banned from the Co-Op. More » -
#rants
Yuppies and Foodies and Rich People Have Perfected Fried Chicken
Oh wow, hey everybody, all the fancy people in New York City, gather 'round and look at this: It's fried chicken! Here is a newsworthy new trend, "foodies": Chicken, rolled in flour or batter, and fried. Alert the media! More » -
#trendwatch
But What Will Parenthood Mean For Your Yuppie Fitness Routine?
Parenthood these days: It is full of challenges, or so we hear! As a parent, will you be able to successfully continue jogging? And what about your tennis game, and the peer pressure that goes with it? Parenting is hard! More » -
#shutupbrooklyn
Area Yuppie Chain Stores Not Like All Those Other Chain Stores
Yuppie entrepreneurs across brownstone Brooklyn are uniting to protect their communities: Instead of competing, why not have all the cheese shops, wine shops, coffee shops, and yoga studios band together, as a chain? Keep out those dreaded other chains! More » -
#marxists
Starbucks Goes Communist
Did Starbucks just raise prices or lower prices? Both. From each according to his ability, and to each according to his need. Starbucks is fomenting socialism through macchiato pricing. More » -
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#recessionomics
Your Fancy Bagels and Organic Cream Cheese Won't Last Forever
The Way We Live Now: Besieged by indignity. H&H Bagels is drowning in debt! Book fairs and organic dairies are threatened! It's a veritable Yupocalypse: More » -
#sadnyc
Starbucks Releases Its Death Grip
For as long as mankind has occupied New York, there have been two Starbucks locations on Astor Place, a block away from each other, which occasioned many predictable remarks. No more! This means everything.
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#shutupbrooklyn
Killer Dog Rampage in Park Slope 'Tot Lot!'
The perpetually put-upon parents of Park Slope have yet another outrage to face! Already battling listserv fees and fighting sexist hats, the yups must now contend with dogs trying to eat their babies! More » -
#fromthemailbag
The Mommy Flip-Out Too Hot For 'Park Slope Parents'
"Park Slope Parents," the Brooklyn listserv, is in the midst of a civil war between yuppie parents and list moderators. One combatant finally just snapped, and she's shared her rant with us. More » -
#shutupbrooklyn
Park Slope Parents in Tribal Stroller War
The stroller-and-laptop-wielding factions of Park Slope have not yet broken out into open rebellion in the streets over the Park Slop Parents Messageboard Fee Outrage, although a splinter group may be increasing the palpable tension:
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#shutupbrooklyn
Park Slope Parents Fee Battle Threatens to Spiral Into All-Out Yuppie War
This bitter war over a fee(!) to post on the Park Slope Parents listserv is perfectly in character. Park Slope is where New York's most annoying parents sequester themselves in a twee, self-important doombubble. More »
